Chapter 45 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 45

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 45.38

ये गताभिमुखं विष्णुमक्षरं पुरुषोत्तमम्। सम्पिष्टास्ते तदा युद्धे विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना ॥

ye gatābhimukhaṃ viṣṇumakṣaraṃ puruṣottamam| sampiṣṭāste tadā yuddhe viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā ||

English Meaning

And those that came forward before that best of male beings, Visnu, knowing no deterioration, were crushed in conflict by Vişnu in a different form.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)